AN INDEPENDENT
REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER
"Let ut have faith that
that faith let ut to the end
understand it" Abraham
Fire Menace.! Federal Forests
KdXoKjl Policy Xot
Recently published figures show that more than
one-half of the land area of the eleven states west of the
Dakotas and Texas is owned and controlled by the fed
eral government About half of this latyl comprises na
tional forests which are one of the principal assets in
most western states.
State and private' forest service agencies trained their
guns on the interior department for fire hazard conditions
existing on timbered sections of the public domain at a
recent hearing before the senate public lands committee'
at Portland. Charges were preferred against the interior
department, alleging that no fire patrol or provisions for
fighting conflagrations on the Oregon domain were made
and the department was selling timber off the timber
tracts and allowing the slashings to remain in the woods,
contrary to state and federal regulations. E. T. Allen,
representing the Western Forestry Conservation associa
tion, testified that there were 2,000,000 acres of unap
propriated timber lands in the public domain in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and Utah, for which the interior de
partment provides no fire patrol or other protective
measures.
State and federal laws require private owners to pro
vide adequate patrols to reduce the danger of fires, but
such work is virtually useless if adjoining timber lands in
the public domain are not protected.
The situation in regard to timber, offers a fine illus
tration of the conditions which develop when federal reg
ulation, in the hands of departments, bureaus and com
missions in V ashington, is allowed to encroach upon and
control local resources in the several different states.
There is no excuse for further imperiling the great
timber resources of the west by a shortsighted national
' policy in regard to fire prevention.
Our West
West Will Become Most Important of All
Land hunger is given by many economists and his
torians as the basic cause of all wars, either through the
necessity of more standing room for the rapidly increas
ing populations of the earth, or the craving for more of
the producU of the land. War is excused by land hunger,
the early voyages of discovery were prompted by it, and
the explorations by the White man have been an expres
sion of it- A new evidence of land hunger is the inves
tigations that the committee under Senator Stanfield has
been conducting in the west, studying in general the con
duct of our department of the interior, &nd in particular
the value of the reclamation projects, the leasing of graz
ing, timber and oil lands; even the ceding of valuable
concessions in the national parks to. private individuals.
Senator Stanfield's committee is learning that Am
ericans are beginning to appreciate the value of their vast
domain, as keenly as Europeans must treasure every
square foot of their restricted soil. The day has passed,
even in the United States, when there is a surplusage of
'acreage. The day is rapidly approaching when cheap
land will no longer be obtainable, and farmers will have
to rely upon their skillfulness, upon their ability to get
the last grain of wheat and the utmost kernel of corn out
of every field, not only to make farming profitable, but
also to make the land support the vast population of the
United States.
When that day comes, and it soon will be here, then
the west will become the most important division of the
United States. It is to the west that the rest of the na
tion will have to look for its food. It is to the west that
it will have to look for its minerals, its timber, its cattle,
its sheep, its oil. So important will be the careful hus
banding of every acre of the west that it is necessary now
to make a survey to see that rights which have been given
away in the past may not have been unlawfully or fraud
cntly disposed of. If they were, then they will have to
be reclaimed and brought back into the service and bene
fit of the public as a whole.
W. L. Thompson, Portland banker, is being mention
ed as a possible candidate for United States senator, and
W. L. Jhompson, Portland lawyer, is being mentioned as
a possible candidate for governor. Confusing enough,
but to make the confusion worse confounded why don't
they both run for the same office? Astoria Budget.
right make might, and in
dare to do our duty at we
Lincoln.
Broad Enough
THE KLAMATH DAILY NEWS .Zag
I The Modern Golden Fleece Expedition! j
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Dinner Stories
The churrh fiervlcea wer3 pro
ceeding very successfully when u
woman in the gallery got eo Inter
ested that she leaned out too far
and fell over the railing. Her
dress caught In a chandelier, and
she was suspended In mid-air. The
minister noticed her undignified
position and thundered at the con
gregation: "Any pernon in this congrega
tion who turns around will he
truck stone-blind!"
A man, whose curiosity was get
ting the better of him, but who
dreaded the clergyman's warning,
finally turned to his companion
and said:
"I'm going to risk ona eye."
An Irish soldier on sentry duty
had orders to allow no one to
smoke near his post. An officer
with a lighted cigar approached,
whereupon Pat boldly challenged
him and ordered him lo put It mil
at once.
The officer with a Keiurc of
disgust threw away his cl;,-, hut
no sooner was his hack turned
than Pat picked it up and it!'-i ly
retired to the sentry box.
The officer happening to look
around, observed a li-aullful cloud
of smoke Issuing from the box.
Ho al once challenged Pal for
smoking on duly.
"Smoking, Is it. sor? Hedad.
nnd I'm only keeping It lit In show
tho corporal when he comes im
evidence agin you."
I.lttlo Marlon nnd her next-door
neighbor Honald wero engaged In
an abxorhlng conversation.
"What nre anarchist?" asked
little Marlon.
Then Donald swelled with wis
dom. "They want everything any one
else has got, and Ihey never wash
themselves," he replied.
"Oh, yes!" cried llttlo Marlon,
with enthusiasm. "I see they Is
Just little boys growed up!"
A French woman who recently
went to live In England became
alarmed at the butcher's Increased
bill, and decided to Interview lilm.
On arriving at the ehop she ex
claimed excitedly:
"How in it 'hat 'u a-t .ivnrrr
to mo now than v.I: u we win?
first curnRed.
A famous criminal l:iwv
ha
won a alio. Mildly bad caje by e'o- ;
ijuence end trickery, and a rival i
lawyer wild to him, bitlerly:
"Is there any caso so lo-.v. so 1
foul, so vilely cruoked and .ihamo- ;
ful that you'd refuse It?"
"Well, I don't know." the other
answered with a amilo. ' What
hnve you been doing now?"
We supitoKc a lot of girl p.lnt
merely on account of nut wh-lilng
lo be con iplcunu.i. Crilinnbiis
State Jnurn il.
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Sunny Dick Says
( onipnnlea Whose Heavy True ka
Have llelrcil Itultt Oregon Avenue
Agree With Council to I'ay $'00
Itepalr Cost. We'll give tho devil
h!a duc. It'a good of them to pay J
for It. oven If iho road was getting .
so had Ihey couldn't afford to run
their trucks over It.
Cow Hurls Aulo Down 1)00
Keel; lirlver Ksrnpns- And church
men brag about the atrcngth of
unip.Hon.
Klamath Sportsmen IiUcuhs
Huck Kced. Not really? Why,
any farmer's wlfu could tell them
that.
Judge l.eavltt Ilnpresaea I. K.
Iilea'i I'pon New Clllnens. If h
only could Impresa them upon all
of us how much hupphT wn could
be.
It's Juki a Hit and Ml:i mi to
Whether You're Mourning at Iho
tight (irave in I.lnkvllln Ceme
tery. Kids I'sn Ornvo Markera
for Hull Hum. The remedy is
simple; give Hio klda real hall bals.
No, I don't mean over tho heads,
rntir.hnct k.
Masons of City to Attend Meet.
- These Masms are not the rom
nion or garden variety, or they
wouldn't be leaving Just when ao
many brick buildings are crying
aloud for men.
Hinlern Klnra From Mcdford lo
H' li Sillers of Klamuth With In
itiation. Iliimitiet. Judging by
Hie puiiulurlly of restaurants In
K. F. perhnpa iho period nfter Iho
"id "initlntlon" shuuldn'l bo
thre.
.' I'anlsh Schooner Founders Off
IN lirldeH.-My irsh section roro.
man fi le nl diHcussIng this aald:
"Sure, I can easily belavo It. I
never worked a Spaniard yet Hint
ns worlh Ills salt with a ahovol,
I wouldn't explcl much of them
will n halllu' bucket."
I u t lament Ihnt tho old clrrtia
spirit has departed. When coun
try r.ewnpnpcra will publish n col
umn of render stuff for n couple
of general ndinlsslnn tickets to a
circus, It proves that the aitckera
e Hill with us and that llarntim
knew us. Molnlla Pioneer.
I
Heart & Home
Problems
II) Mia. K.llaalielli Tlioinpton
WON'T I KT HIM M hK
I'KArll
When ft husband comicu home
from n day ut lull, 1 1 roil ami hun
gry ha ric.l In find h wife
nn.l a wurtn tl In nor waiting lilni,
and In' I" hardly in bo condemned
If In' riMii'iiu lir utiM-n -n un I no;;.
Iim I. A liuli.iud writes:
. Hear Mm. Thompann: Two
week agn I hurt my wlfe'a fee.
lug. I rnimi homo from work,
llrril uml hungry, wife waa mil
Hint aiiiM'r waa In If. I inlil hir
what I thiiur.hl ami aim never aald
a wnnl. luil nnw t mn aorry ami
wnni In niiiki up. lint alio won't.
Hh rrli'a ami ( ( bed. U'
have lw married 11 years, ami
I have never done Ihla before.
Pli-nito tell inn how ran aiunn
up thinga. I will tin anyllilim. '
ONCK HAPPY' llt'SMANI..
tkin'l worry n limit It. I'ndcr Iho
rlrrumtiui-a your w Un in I tin
linva condoned your fault-finding.
Perhaps all? would rc-o nt effort
lo bribe Iiit Into good feeling, but.
on the othiT hund, he probably
would appreciate a aurprl-ie In the
way of an outing, or money fur a
new dreaa. Ili patlrnt Willi her.
even If you ar In tho right. Pcr
aons who havo horn married II
yrara ahoiilitn'l aiiiahhti' over such
a tr.ntlcr.
MHTKIt C'OMMINKS INSll.T
I 'car Mr. Thnmpin: My alaler
has a hoy friend living In a nearby
rlly. lie called her on lha phono
and told her ho 'w as coming liver
lo upend a couplu of dnya In Iho
city. nUo aald ho waa bringing a
buy friend. They asked mt to an j
out with them, and I agreed. The
boy Inaullrd nm terribly, but I
atuck It out for Ihe cvenllng. Thn
next duyuy lor ttikud our girl
friend (who waa Ignorant of tho
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